Edited by Stefan Hawlin and T. A. J. Burnett

The Poetical Works of Robert Browning

Volume VII: The Ring and the Book, Books I-IV

Edited by Stefan Hawlin and T. A. J. Burnett

Description

This is an edition of the first third of Browning's 21,000-line masterpiece The Ring and the Book, a poem which Henry James called a "monstrous magnificence." The editors throw new light on how the poet wrote this Italian murder story and give all the background annotation needed to understand it.

The Poetical Works of Robert Browning

Volume VII: The Ring and the Book, Books I-IV

Edited by Stefan Hawlin and T. A. J. Burnett

Table of Contents

IntroductionReferences and AbbreviationsIntroduction to Book IBook I: The Ring and the BookIntroduction to Book IIBook II: Half-RomeIntroduction to Book IIIBook III: The Other Half-RomeIntroduction to Book IVBook IV: Tertium QuidAppendix A. The Old Yellow BookAppendix B. The secondary SourceAppendix C.Autograph ChronologiesAppendix D. The RingAppendix E. Yale VariantsAppendix F. Compositors